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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

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15376: Rigor and Relevance in the Real World: Doctoral Education and Scholar-Practitioner Experience

Sunday, July 27, 2025
10:00 - 12:00 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: MR180
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/EdmxzK
The disconnection between research and practice is a longstanding concern in organization and management fields (Bartunek & Rynes, 2014; Paine & Delmhorst, 2020) - and the cultivation of scholar-practitioners capable of connecting rigorous research and impactful practice is an important part of the solution. This PDW explores the critical theme of academic rigor and practice-relevance in the context of executive doctoral programs that teach organization development and change, management, and strategy and in the real-world pursuits of students of these programs as they navigate the complexities of connecting research to practice. Faculty representatives from four European and U.S. doctoral institutions will share insights into their educational models, highlighting the strategies designed to cultivate scholar-practitioners who bridge the gap between theory and practice. Graduates and students of these programs operating in consulting, corporate leadership, academic, crisis management, and social change settings will then present their journeys, sharing concrete examples of their attempts to connect research and practice, the strategies they enacted, the educational resources on which they drew, and the outcomes of their attempts. Through a combination of presentation and interaction between panelists and attendees, this workshop will provide participants with insights and tools to enhance their professional development as scholar-practitioners, educators, and change agents in their respective fields. The session will shed light on best practices for developing scholar-practitioner identity and action, an important resource for the promise of positive change in organizations and communities.